June 29, 2025Dear editor; There isn’t a lot Americans agree on. However, up until very recently, there was a broad consensus, among representatives from the socialist left to the neoconservative right, that the United States’ effort to halt the spread of fascism in World War II was laudable. Of course,
To quote an old 1920s song, “The rich get richer and the poor get poorer…ain’t we got fun?” The majority of Republicans in Congress could have used this as their warcry when they passed Trump’s tax bill, celebrated by none other than the felon on July 4, which will result
By Bela “Bill” Suhayda Why build uranium enrichment facilities 300 feet below a mountain? Why not build above ground where excavation of millions of tons of granite isn’t required? This question occurred to the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency). They asked the Iranians if they could get a “look-see” what
June 26, 2025Dear editor; In a recent Reader’s Commentary authored by Mr. Bela Suhayda (June 24, 2025), there were several implications or suggestions pertaining to the financial support of this country’s colleges and universities that seem to derive from the author’s distorted perspective. In questioning the motivation of foreign sources
June 29, 2025Dear editor; I thought I was done writing editorials after Donald Trump won the 2024 election. The Democrats seemed to come around and in some circles kind of realized all of the name calling of Trump was doing nothing but making him more popular. Boy was I wrong.
June 25, 2025Dear editor; There are 16,600 additional, preventable deaths which could happen each year because of the Republican House budget proposal, according to an analysis by researchers in the Annals of Internal Medicine. The Senate version could make this even worse! Encouraged by Donald Trump, $1 trillion of SNAP
Musings: •The Sins of Donald J. Trump (chapter eight). He has: Slashed the funding of projects which investigate systemic abuse of indigenous children in government boarding schools; Fired Carla Hayden, director of the Library of Congress in order to take control of the Library and access its sensitive data; Removed
By John & Nisha Whitehead While the U.S. wages war abroad—bombing Iran, escalating conflict, and staging a spectacle of power for political gain—a different kind of war is being waged here at home. This war at home is quieter but no less destructive. The casualties are not in distant deserts
I had fully intended to spend my few hundred words here bad-mouthing Donald Trump, a guy who spent nearly a year of his first term cheating on the golf course, and his failed self-serving dictatorial birthday parade, thinly disguised by him as a tribute to the Army for its 250th
By John & Nisha Whitehead Seventy years after president Dwight D. Eisenhower warned about the cost of a military-industrial complex, America is still stealing from its own people to fund a global empire. In 2025 alone, the U.S. has launched airstrikes in Yemen, bombed Houthi-controlled ports and radar installations (killing
June 15, 2025Dear editor; Eventually, the current fascist tide will turn. President Donald Trump and his gang of would-be authoritarians will be out of power. When that day comes, there will undoubtedly be calls to turn the page on their lawlessness. We all require forgiveness. I certainly have in the
Musings: “National Security,” part two: According to the Coddington Agenda, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security was modeled after the Soviet Union’s KGB and Nazi Germany’s Gestapo. That is to say that what worked for other spy operations ought to work for America’s. And so it has, month in and
June 9, 2025Dear editor; Progressives are fighting to protect working families and make billionaires pay their fair share. But Republicans want to crush us to protect the top 1% and their own wealth. Bernie Sanders’ wealth tax would apply to the top 0.1% – billionaires worth over $32 million. It
By John & Nisha Whitehead President Donald Trump’s plan to fuse government power with private surveillance tech to build a centralized, national citizen database is the final step in transforming America from a constitutional republic into a digital dictatorship armed with algorithms and powered by unaccountable, all-seeing artificial intelligence. This
May 29, 2025Dear editor; In the May 22, 2025 issue of “The Voice,” Charles Coddington asserted, for what I believe is third time in his column, the largely discredited hypothesis that Ashkenazi Jews are not descended from Biblical Israelites, but rather from Khazars who converted to the religion of Judaism
May 27, 2025Dear editor; I puzzle as to how in our society of presumably evolved individuals, we can allow the most ignorant and self-consumed among us to impose their will upon the most brilliant and inspirationally creative among us. Our dedicated scientific and medical researchers and our supremely-talented artists from
May 27, 2025Dear editor; This Memorial Day I want to thank all the men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice. With the Donald Trump administration’s painful actions affecting most Americans, and especially our military veterans, the best way to express my thanks during Military Appreciation Month is to
May 20, 2025Dear editor; As a veteran of the Chicago Police Department, having dedicated decades of my life to fighting violent crime and protecting our communities, I fully support House Bill 2634 that is not just a step forward, but is an urgent necessity to combat the escalating threat posed
I hope you all had a nice Memorial Day weekend. I had about 10 pounds of celebration in a five-pound treat cup with our granddaughter’s graduation and dinner afterwards, my birthday recognition and celebration (being in a totaled car wreck and sent to the ER to remain indefinitely on life
By Ahmadou Dramé The state of Illinois has a duty to deliver public safety to all residents in a manner that is fiscally responsible, equitable and effective. An analysis of current government spending, however, raises concerns whether policymakers and elected officials are meeting their responsibilities. State and local governments in
